Reviewer For Personal Development PDF

REVIEWER FOR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Lesson 1: Knowing Oneself 3. Social development – is about our inborn capacity to relate to others, to connect, and COSTA AND MCCRAE’S BIG FIVE...

REVIEWER FOR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Lesson 1: Knowing Oneself 3. Social development – is about our inborn capacity to relate to others, to connect, and COSTA AND MCCRAE’S BIG FIVE to feel belongingness. OCEAN 4. Cognitive Development – refers to one person’s intellectual abilities as shown in Openness his/her thoughts, attitudes, beliefs, and - Imaginative and practical values. The development of one’s mental - Interested in variety or sticks to a routine abilities affects how one makes decisions, - Independent or conforming remember details, and solve problems. Affective – feelings and emotions Conscientiousness (e.g. I am disgusted by snakes.), - Organized or disorganized Behavioral – the way the attitude - Careful or careless influences behavior (e.g. Whenever I - Disciplined or impulsive see snakes, I run as fast as I can), and Cognitive – belief and knowledge Extraversion about the object (e.g. Snakes are - Sociable or retiring dangerous) - Fun-loving or somber 5. Spiritual development – is defined as - Energetic or reserved discovering oneself beyond the ego known as the soul, spirit, or the “inner essence” that is Agreeableness often disregarded or taken for granted. It is a - Soft-hearted or ruthless glimpse of the “inner guide” of one’s beliefs - Trusting or suspicious and values for discovering meaning in life. It - Helpful or uncooperative is also permits people to connect with a Higher Power that is called by many names Neuroticism (Emotional Instability) like God, the Buddha, Allah, or The Force in - Calm or anxious “Star Wars”. - Secure or insecure Beliefs – determine how people react - Self-satisfied or self-pitying to life. Values – on the other hand, are Lesson 2: Developing the Whole Person subjective judgements that people make about the importance of certain FIVE AREAS OF PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT things or issues. 1. Physiological Development – refers to the Lesson 3: Coping with Stress in Middle and Late physical changes in the body as well as the Adolescences senses and changes in skills related to movement. Stress is a normal human reaction that 2. Emotional Development – has to do with the happens to everyone feelings that you experience. McLaren (2010), Stress responses help your body adjust to a social science researcher, distinguished new situations emotions from feelings. “An emotion is a It can be positive – keep us alert, motivated, physiological experience (or state of and ready to avoid danger. awareness) that gives you information about However, it becomes a problem when the world, and a feelings is your conscious stressors continue without relief or periods awareness of the emotion itself.” of relaxation. REVIEWER FOR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT WHAT HAPPENS TO THE BODY? indifference The body’s autonomic nervous system depression controls your heart rate, breathing, vision irritability changes and more. insomnia The built-in stress response – fight-or-flight response helps the body face stressful BEHAVIOR situations. substance abuse Prolonged exposure to stress and continued loss of appetite activation of stress responses may result to accident prone some physical, emotional, and behavioral restlessness problems. loneliness insomia SOURCES OF STRESS 1. Break up with boyfriend or girlfriend LESSON 4: THE POWERS OF THE MIND 2. Increased arguments with parents, and between parents HOW THE BRAIN WORKS? 3. The pressure of expectations from self and To understand how the brain works, a basic others knowledge of the parts of the brain is in order. 4. Change in parents’ financial status Basically, the brain can be divided into four 5. Serious illness or injury of a family member separate lobes (Freberg, 2010) 6. Pressure at school from teachers, coaches, Namely, frontal lobe, temporal lobe, grades, and homework parietal lobe, and occipital lobe 7. Relationship with family and friends REACTIONS OF STRESS IN OUR BODY, MIND, EMOTIONS, AND BEHAVIOR BODY fatigue headaches taut muscles skin irritations frequent infections 1. Frontal Lobe – where the primary motor area constricted breathing is located, control voluntary movement in a contralateral manner (left side controls the MIND right side of the body, and vice versa). It is worrying also responsible for higher thought processes indecision and decision-making. negativity 2. Parietal Lobe – which contains the primary foggy thinking somatosensory area which processes hasty decisions sensory signals such as touch, pressure, pain, and thermal sense, and sense of body impaired judgement movements (kinesthesia) 3. Occipital Lobe - which is the location of the EMOTIONS primary visual area which receives visual loss of confidence apprehension REVIEWER FOR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT signal from the thalamus and processes visual sensations. 4. Temporal Lobe - which contains the primary auditory area, is in charge of hearing and processing of auditory stimuli. Cerebellum - The cerebellum coordinates movement and helps us maintain balance. It plays a key role in muscle actions which are essential for any movement from picking something up from the floor to walking, playing sports and learning to play a musical instrument. The cerebellum controls eye movement e.g. when you are watching tv or tracking an object with your eyes. PARTS OF THE NEURON 1. Soma – or cell body responsible for maintaining the life and functions of the cell. It is attached to the axon 2. Axon – is a tube-like structure that carries messages from the soma to other neurons. 3. Dendrite – are a branch-like structure that receives messages from other neurons. They are attached to soma.